My concentration failed me this week. I tried not thinking too much about the proportions and just getting on with the drawing as I did last week but it just wasn't happening. I had to rush there again this week and the bus got hit by a car just yards from the stop - nothing major, in fact by Kuwaiti standards almost insignificant! But it was clear as soon as I got out my pencil and paper that the lines weren't going to flow. I think the drawing looks OK but it was a big struggle.I became aware of a pain and constriction in my throat and I realised I was reacting to someone's perfume. I was also thinking about how difficult it is to draw sometimes and yet there is an expectation, from myself and I imagine from others, to improve. Some days it's enough of a struggle just to get a decent likeness!
There was a funny moment though during the session when the model's mobile phone rang and he whispered "I'm sorry, I can't talk right now"! Yeah, me too!
B and 3B pencil.
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I get a distinctive feeling from the drawing, even if you are not happy with it.
Interesting that you found the other person's scent offputting. I once had an amazingly awful migraine where I felt that I was blind even though I could see, and that was set off by walking through a candle department. Since then I just cannot stand scent, and the cheaper it is the worse my headache.
About your weird attributes: I too watch the credits until the very end, but my husband does this also.
I love the pose of your subject and how it remains up to the viewer to wonder why he has such a defiant look. Wonderful job Felicity.
teri loves the pose and I'm just thankful he's not nude. ;->
p.s. additional photos of Jesse on my yahoo photo page (Jesse album). She posed very patiently while freezing her little paws in the snow! I fear some are a bit blurry but maybe there's something you can use, or combine several. You're so talented - you'll make something work I'm sure.
Olga, I know the scents you mean, those candles are very strong. I feel that people who use them are like smokers, inflicting harmful chemicals on others.
I wonder if that distinctive feeling is what I think it is? It's interesting, I think personal feelings about the subject come out whether one tries or not.
Teri, I like your interpretation and I do like this pose. I don't draw the faces usually because I'm uploading the drawings to the blog but I think it would have made a difference. He was a new model and not too comfortable so though he looked defiant I think he was a little uncomfortable.
Sheila, really?? ;) And thanks, I'll take a look!
Great pose and wonderful drawing!
Felicity, your life drawings without faces remind me of what I was doing just before I stopped going to LD classes. I produced lots of faceless sketches too, but I have to say, never to your standard. I just love the delicate nature of your drawing style. It's so sensitive.
Your life drawings are wonderful...must be fun to take a class like this.
It's funny how the guy's body language or your interpretation of it parallels the way you described feeling in the class--stuck, constrained, etc. I wonder if part of the difficulty (aside from the car accident) was from his energy--if he was giving off that kind of icky stuck energy. Sometimes the model's poses and mood can influence how one feels about drawing them, I think.
I'm having a problem with scents today--I'm trying to paint some roses that are gorgeous but are on their last legs. My neighbor was about to toss them and I asked for them to paint. But they smell icky. Fortunately the weather's lovely today and I can leave the door open for a breeze.
My web server tracks who links back to me and what pieces of my work are uploaded. :) Unfortunately when I check the links they are all my work pieces and not reciprocal links!
I caught a whiff of weight + controversy on the EDM summary I get and came to look at your blogs. I LOVE your drawings... (even the Yorkie!) They "feel" distant but loving. (Hardly art-critic vocabulary!). I've book marked your pages and will look for you in the EDM summaries. I wish you warmth in the winter, breezes in the summer and in all things courage and confidence.
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